Ammunition-wagon or limber.



PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904.

W. MAYER.

AMMUNITION WAGON 0R LIMBER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18. 1904.

3 SHEETSSHEET 1.

NO MODEL.

No. 777,297. PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904, W. MAYER.

AMMUNITION WAGON 0R LIMBER.

APPLIUATION FILED APR. 18, 1904. I N0 MODEL. 3 SEEETBSHEET 2.

' PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904.

W. MAYER.

AMMUNITION WAGON 0R LIMBER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.18, 1904.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

.NO MODEL.

UNITED STAT S Patented December 13, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILHELM MAYER, OF RIITTENSCHEID, NEAR ESSEN-ON-THE-RUHR, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO FRIED. KRUPP, AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, OF ESSEN-ON-THE-RUHR, GERMANY.

AMMUNITION-WAGON OR LIIVIBER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,297, dated December 13, 1904.

Application filed April 18,190;-

To all 1071,0771, it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILHELM MAYER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, and a resident of Ruttenscheid, near Essen-on-the-Ruhr, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ammunition-I/Vagons or Limbers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to ammunition-wagons or limbers, and has for its object to provide such vehicles with shields that will effectively protect the serving crew against steep falling fragments of projectiles or the like. This object is attained by giving to the shield such shape and arranging it in such a manner that it covers the space which is occupied by the serving crew during the fire of the enemy.

In the annexed drawings are represented three modes of applying such a protectingshield to an ammunition-wagon, Figures 1, 2, and 3 showing side views thereof, Fig. 4 being a view corresponding to Fig. 3 with the protecting-shield in a difierent position, Fig. 5 a rear view of the embodiment represented in Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 a top view of the same.

The ammunition-wagon comprises, essen tially, the wagon-box A, in which the ammunition is stored and which is closed by a door B the frame formed by the box-supporters C, and the supporting-beams D, the axle E, the wheels F, the foot-rest G, and the seat, which is formed by the cover H, Fig. 6, of the wagon-box, the side-boards K, and the back board M, Fig. 1. The boards K are arranged at the sides of the wagon-box cover, alrlidJeach of the boards is provided with a han- In the embodiment of the invention represented in Fig. 1 the protecting-shield N is rigidly secured to the frame a of the wagonbox A close over the door B and so shaped and arranged that it covers the space behind the ammunition-wagon to be occupied by the serving crew.

The ammunition-wagon shown in Fig. 2 is provided with a back board T, formed as a protecting-shield, which is rigidly secured to Serial No. 203,660. (No model.)

the end of the side-boards K opposite the handles J. The back board is integral with the protecting-shield N, which covers the space behind the ammunition-wagon.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 3 to 6 the protecting-shield N is connected to the rear frame a of the wagon-box A by means of hinges in such a manner that it can be folded from the position shown in Figs. 3, 5, and 6 to the position shown in Fig. 4. The shield is of such breadth that it proj ects beyond the sides K. To the front face of the overlapping part at each side of the shield is fixed an adjusting-sector P, provided with openings 1). These sectors lie close to the outer walls of the side-boards and are concentric withthe axis of the hinges S. Each sideboard is provided with a hole k, Figs. 5 and 6, located in the path of movement of the openings 19' of the corresponding sector. By this arrangement the protecting-shield can be rigidly connected with the side-boards K in difierent positions by means of locking-bolts Q, which are introduced through the sectors into. the side-boards. In the position shown in Figs. 8, 5, and 6 the protecting-shield covers the space which is to be occupied by the serving crew during the fire of the enemy, while in the position shown in Fig. 4: it lies close to the rear edges of the side-boards K and serves as a back for the seat. The invention can be used for limbers in the same manner. The limbers differ in general from the ammunitionwagons of the present kind in that the limberarms, with the pole, are substituted for the supporting-arms D of the frame and a limberhook R, Fig. 1, is provided on the frame.

I claim 1. An ammunition-wagon or limber provided with a protecting-shield for the serving crew, arranged above the door of the box and shaped to cover the space occupied by the serving crew during the removal of the ammunition from said box.

2. An ammunition-wagon or limber provided with a protecting-shield for the serving crew, arranged above the door of the box forming the back of the seat on said wagon or limber and shaped to cover the space occupied by the serving crew during the removal of the ammunition from said box.

3. An ammunition-Wagon or limber provided With a protecting-shield for the Serving crew, arranged above the door of the box forming the back of the seat on said Wagon or limber and shaped to cover the space occupied by the serving crew during the removal of the ammunition from said box; said protecting-shield being hinged to the ammunition-carriage and movable at will into position to serve as the protecting-shield or into position to form the back of said seat.

4:. An ammunition-Wagon or limber provided with a protecting-shield for the serving crew, arranged above the door of the box forming the back of the seat on said Wagon or limber and shaped to cover the space occupied by the serving crew during the removal of the ammunition from said box; said protecting-shield being hinged to the ammunition-carriage and movable at will into position to serve as the protecting-shield or into position to form the back of said seat; means position to form the back of said seat; means 7 being provided for securing the shield in its different positions consisting of adjustingsectors moving over the sides of the box, and locking-bolts inserted through said sectors into said sides. v The foregoing specification signed at Dusseldorf this 18th day of March, 1904.

WILHELM MAYER.

In presence of PETER LIEBER, WILLIAM ESSENWEIN. 

